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KULLAVAGGA.
XII, 1, 4.
Men blinded by ignorance, praise things that
seem to have delight. Strong drink they drink and fierce, indulge in
sensual acts, Devoid of wisdom, silver and gold they take And by low arts some Samanas and Brâhmans
live. Stains are such actions called by the Buddha
of the Solar race, Stains-by which defiled some Samanas and
Brahmans, Impure brutes and unclean, give neither heat
nor light. Covered rather by darkness, purblind, enslaved
by craving lusts, They enlarge the realm of death ?, and dread
rebirth they gain." 'It is for upholding this opinion that I, Sirs, have been said to be upbraiding and reviling and rendering dissatisfied believing and faithful followers, in that I have said what is against the Dhamma to be against the Dhamma, and what is Dhamma to be Dhamma ; what is against the Vinaya to be against the Vinaya, and what is Vinaya to be Vinaya.
4. 'And once the Blessed One was staying, Sirs, at Râgagaha, in the Veluvana, at the Kalandaka · Nivâpa. Now at that time among the royal attendants sitting together in the women's apartment in the palace, the following saying was heard : “Silver and gold is allowed to the Sakyaputtiya Samanas.
" That is, by being repeatedly reborn they continually die. Vaddhenti katasin ti punappunam kalevara-nikkhipamânabhūmim vaddhenti, says Buddhaghosa. The word occurs at Gataka I, 146.
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